Philip Glass - Metamorphosis 1

[MKS7710]

Starbuck's mother disliked this video 4 times.

[theonlyred4]

Holy shit. It just hit me. One of the old RPG Makers has a song that sounds very Philip Glass-ish. I always thought it was hauntingly beautiful. Now I know how to describe it.

[elsaireland]

This is a beautiful song used also in the new amazing Brazilian movie Astral City from 2010. Love it. Thank you Philip.

[joebstarsurfer]

kids and dads argue about music! this isnt facebark.Some other people may learn to play this or buy the music.

[SunlessRise]

i love it .... i looooveeee it

wooooooow so beautiful really beautifuull makes me feel

a lot of emotions <3 art pure art

[Knallfox]

Oh my god I love this song. It's so amazing. 

[senorbeige]

@mandapanda8453

That's right! I knew it was Glass, just couldn't place which work it was. And didn't Starbuck say that her father wrote it or something?

[WhenYouveGoneGuru]

@senorbeige Yup, then it was clearly forgotten for about 100,000 years.

[WhenYouveGoneGuru]

@Robbi159 Well she is an angel or something. The writers kinda copped out there.

[WhenYouveGoneGuru]

@Robbi159 Sry, but the ending is kind of a letdown either way.

[pobz100]

@WhenYouveGoneGuru This piece doesn't end.... use your imagination.

[WhenYouveGoneGuru]

@pobz100 I was talking about the end of Battlestar Galactica. It ends a bit disappointingly.

[thehindmost88]

@WhenYouveGoneGuru I didn't think so. And I also think alot of people who did think so got so wrapped up in the religious aspect of it, they missed the whole overall point at the end, which is: Here we are now, what are we going to do?

[WhenYouveGoneGuru]

@thehindmost88 What does that have to do with Kara disappearing randomly with no explanation how she came back from the dead? I don't like when a show leaves big loose ends like that in a show that was never meant to be open ended. Also they completely forgot about Leoban even though up through season 3 he was pivotal to Kara's character development.

[thehindmost88]

@WhenYouveGoneGuru No, they didn't forget about Leoban. He was terrified when they found Kara's body, and after she said what the hybrid told her he ran away, like a man realizing he might have been horribly wrong. And Kara disapearing randomly? I take that as a metaphor for people continuing work. It was her job to get them there, and from there it was their responsibility to take it from there.

[thehindmost88]

@thehindmost88 I am a devout atheist, and think that God is nothing more than a projection of the human ego. But that does not mean that there aren't wild, unexplainable things by scientific terms in existence, especially as our knowledge will never be complete in all things. And that doesn't mean that people will not see these things and take them into their beliefs to reinforce them. Kara's storyline in season 4 is a perfect way of intertwining that part of life into the story

[dkgreek]

@thehindmost88 What the hell does this have to do with this song?

[thehindmost88]

@dkgreek Go watch Battlestar Galactica and you'll know.

[Liberallesbians]

I somehow prefer metamorphosis 5

[alexyp]

normaly i dislike solo's, but this one is a true master piece, aswell as Metamorphosis Five, i think of heaven when i hear this song interesting.

[trooperdx3117]

Been looking for this for years since I first heard it back on season 2 of BSG, so glad I finally found it!

[mrhoihoi]

freakin awesome music, my mom always says this is the best, and i have to admit, its great!

[flriinnn]

I feel like these notes could go forever...

[thatgreenpistachio]

it reminds me of Yann Tiersen..

[10freekie2]

@thatgreenpistachio exactly! ( i think this is more a copie of him sorry guys) but at some parts. Philip glass is better (reed: different)

[4173rn4734cc0un7]

This song makes me feel like I'm standing in the middle of a frozen, snow covered lake, surrounded by nothing but evergreens o_O

[Tsukikoamoonchild]

Thank you KT. I do recall this scene..one of my favs..also thank you for the second. Healing in its sorrow...thanks.

[LittleRoomJack]

What is the album called?

[Nostromos69]

@LittleRoomJack Its from Philip Glass - Solo Piano

[LittleRoomJack]

@Nostromos69 Thanks honey

[verigar]

Thank god for these composers

[Sk8ertim724]

Legend of the seeker forever!

[joydoherty2]

I dont usually listen to classical. I know this isnt classical, its minimalist.. but... you know what i mean lol. i normally listen to popular music and rock. but this... this is something alltogether, so beautiful and moving:)

[CaffeBR]

I do not know ... This song especially reminds me of World War II.

[ouichtan]

A morphing butterfly, I think that's what this piece is about...a morphing butterfly...

Awe-inspiring.

[Excentrique672]

I believe it was inspired by Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" A short story. :]

[Cwisius]

Mind-purifying...

[army125]

I hate it when Glass puts the pedal down and stops the drift after the third riff.

Otherwise, a beautiful piece.

[SurealVids]

@army125 personally i think its brilliant. it kind of makes your brain go "oh" but you cant really put your finger on it until you've listened to it again.

[DarthSkittlesIsback]

Oh...just the best.

[PerversePoster]

Such a simple yet touching piece.

[mandapanda8453]

This piece is beautiful. And yes, it's played in the Battlestar Galactica series, in Season 2, Ep. 2, while Hilo and Starbuck are in Starbuck's old apartment on Caprica. It was the tape she was listening to last time she had been there. Ah BSG... the memories... <3

[jsm121485]

I knew i recognized it from somewhere! I too, like many absolutely love this piece.

[emperorpsymon]

@mandapanda8453 I JUST watched that episode! It's such a good episode, and a lovely track.

[mnkittel]

@mandapanda8453 - You're absolutely right about BSG. I was just noting on another video that Bear McCreary borrowed the cello line from "Facades" for several incidental pieces on the BSG soundtracks, especially in seasons 1 and 2.

[mschmidler]

@mandapanda8453 fuck yes, I'm just watching the whole series again and found this. Battlestar Galactica will live on. Best show. Ever.

[3rdKrypton]

I love this song. Its so sad. Piano is the ultimate musical instrument to represents sadness.

[Kaptaintripps72]

@3rdKrypton I have to agree that piano is superb at conveying sadness, however I think that cello has piano beat.  Together, though...

[sorinlzr]

@3rdKrypton nici o sansa daca il comparam cu violoncelul sau cu naiul... as spune eu

[MinisterofScissors]

@3rdKrypton But it's harder to pantomime playing "the world's smallest piano"

[TrunkMonkeyOO7]

@3rdKrypton and joy, peace, love, hate, new beginnings, endings, life and death.

[pabloniusz95]

It's actually "Valley of Darkness" to be exact :)

[Stingraykiller]

This is music is quite...... intense wouldn't u say?

Also this is the piece from Battlestar Galactica Season 2 Episode 2 Valley Of The Damned, that u hear in the beginning of the Helo/Starbuck scene in Starbucks apartment on Caprica

[mschmidler]

Agree, Battlestars soundtrack often reminds me of Glass' music!

[DragoSolaris1]

Thatl be where i heard it from, also damnit i pressed the wrong vote! D= meant to give you a plus.